leeway

英 [ˈliːweɪ]

美 [ˈliːweɪ]

n.  自由活动的空间

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19486 / COCA.15712

习惯用语

n.

make up leeway
• 摆脱逆境；（尤指）弥补损失的时间
  to get out of a bad position that you are in, especially because you have lost a lot of time

牛津词典

noun

• 自由活动的空间
  the amount of freedom that you have to change sth or to do sth in the way you want to
  1. How much leeway should parents give their children?
     父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自由；自由空间；回旋余地
  Leewayis the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans.
  1. Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want...
     鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。
  2. The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.
     总统说他希望给各州更多的医疗改革空间。
• N-UNCOUNT （需要弥补的）失去时间，落后差距
  If you haveleewayto make up, you have to work hard because you do not have much time to reach a particular goal.
  1. He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well.
     瑞安在前几轮得分很高，他现在再想赶也赶不上了。

英英释义

noun

• a permissible difference
  Synonym:allowancemargintolerance
• (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

双语例句

• She's been off school for a month, so she has a lot of leeway to make up.
  她一个月没上学了，有许多课业要补上。
• The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.
  总统说他希望给各州更多的医疗改革空间。
• I hope you would leave us some leeway in terms of payment.
  我希望在付款条件方面你们能通融一些。
• They understand how I construct steps and I give them a lot of leeway and sometimes actually give them very little instructions and they fill in the blanks.
  他们了解我是如何构造舞步的，我给他们很多回旋的余地，事实上很多时候我只给他们非常少的指点，由他们自己来填补空白。
• Second, central banks should use existing leeway in their monetary policy.
  其次，央行应该利用货币政策现有的灵活性。
• Banks have a certain amount of leeway when reporting trading results.
  银行在公布交易业绩方面通常会有一定的回旋余地。
• The military men will be left some leeway to choose the exact time for attack.
  将留有一定自由度让作战人员来选择进攻的确切时间。
• These will give banks more leeway in how they value certain assets whose prices have plunged.
  这将使银行在为某些价格大幅下跌的资产估价时有更大的回旋余地。
• The debate over how much leeway to give private aid groups is an important one for China.
  在中国，有关应该给民间援助团体留下多大活动余地的问题受到热烈讨论。
• Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want
  鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。